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noun
1.
a person who is in bondage; slave.
2.
a person who is morally or mentally enslaved by some power, influence, or the like: He was the thrall of morbid fantasies.
3.
slavery; thralldom.
verb (used with object)
4.
Archaic. to put or hold in thralldom; enslave.
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adjective
5.
Archaic. subjected to bondage; enslaved.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English; Old English thrǣl < Old Norse thrǣll slave
before 950; Middle English; Old English thrǣl < Old Norse thrǣll slave
Related forms
un·thralled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
thrall
O.E. þræl "bondman, serf, slave," from O.N. þræll "slave, servant," probably from P.Gmc. *thrakhilaz, lit. "runner," from root *threh- "to run" (cf. O.H.G. dregil "servant," prop. "runner;" O.E. þrægan, Goth. þragjan "to run").
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